Dr Kate Peters
Senior Research Manager
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
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Journal Articles
Mu, Andre, Klare, William P., Baines, Sarah L., Ignatius Pang, C. N., Guérillot, Romain, Harbison-Price, Nichaela, Keller, Nadia, Wilksch, Jonathan, Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Phan, Minh-Duy, Keller, Bernhard, Nijagal, Brunda, Tull, Dedreia, Dayalan, Saravanan, Chua, Hwa Huat Charlie, Skoneczny, Dominik, Koval, Jason, Hachani, Abderrahman, Shah, Anup D., Neha, Nitika, Jadhav, Snehal, Partridge, Sally R., Cork, Amanda J., Peters, Kate, Bertolla, Olivia, Brouwer, Stephan, Hancock, Steven J., Álvarez-Fraga, Laura, De Oliveira, David M. P. ... Walker, Mark J. (2023). Integrative omics identifies conserved and pathogen-specific responses of sepsis-causing bacteria. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 1530, 1-21. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37200-w
Hancock, Steven J., Lo, Alvin W., Ve, Thomas, Day, Christopher J., Tan, Lendl, Mendez, Alejandra A., Phan, Minh-Duy, Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Peters, Kate M., Richards, Amanda C., Fleming, Brittany A., Chang, Chyden, Ngu, Dalton H. Y., Forde, Brian M., Haselhorst, Thomas, Goh, Kelvin G. K., Beatson, Scott A., Jennings, Michael P., Mulvey, Matthew A., Kobe, Bostjan and Schembri, Mark A. (2022). Ucl fimbriae regulation and glycan receptor specificity contribute to gut colonisation by extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli. PLoS Pathogens , 18 (6) e1010582, e1010582. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010582
Vo, Julieanne L., Ortiz, Gabriela C. Martínez, Totsika, Makrina, Lo, Alvin W., Hancock, Steven J., Whitten, Andrew E., Hor, Lilian, Peters, Kate M., Ageorges, Valentin, Caccia, Nelly, Desvaux, Mickaël, Schembri, Mark A., Paxman, Jason J. and Heras, Begoña (2022). Variation of Antigen 43 self-association modulates bacterial compacting within aggregates and biofilms. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 8 (1) 20, 20. doi: 10.1038/s41522-022-00284-1
Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Alvarez Fraga, Laura, Wallis, Steven C., Hancock, Steven, Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Forde, Brian, Bauer, Michelle J., Paterson, David L., Beatson, Scott A, Lipman, Jeffrey and Schembri, Mark A. (2022). Plasmid-mediated ciprofloxacin resistance imparts a selective advantage on Escherichia coli ST131. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 66 (1) e02146-21, 1-11. doi: 10.1128/aac.02146-21
Alvarez-Fraga, Laura, Phan, Minh-Duy, Goh, Kelvin G. K., Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Hancock, Steven J., Allsopp, Luke P., Peters, Kate M., Forde, Brian M., Roberts, Leah W., Sullivan, Matthew J., Totsika, Makrina, Beatson, Scott A., Ulett, Glen C. and Schembri, Mark A. (2022). Differential Afa/Dr fimbriae expression in the multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli ST131 clone. mBio, 13 (1) e03519, e0351921. doi: 10.1128/mbio.03519-21
Chamoun, Michelle N., Sullivan, Matthew J., Goh, Kelvin G. K., Acharya, Dhruba, Ipe, Deepak S., Katupitiya, Lahiru, Gosling, Dean, Peters, Kate M., Sweet, Matthew J., Sester, David P., Schembri, Mark A. and Ulett, Glen C. (2020). Restriction of chronic Escherichia coli urinary tract infection depends upon T cell-derived interleukin-17, a deficiency of which predisposes to flagella-driven bacterial persistence. FASEB Journal, 34 (11), 14572-14587. doi: 10.1096/fj.202000760R
Hancock, Steven J., Phan, Minh-Duy, Luo, Zhenyao, Lo, Alvin W., Peters, Kate M., Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Forde, Brian M., Whitfield, Jason, Yang, Ji, Strugnell, Richard A., Paterson, David L., Walsh, Timothy R., Kobe, Bostjan, Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2020). Comprehensive analysis of IncC plasmid conjugation identifies a crucial role for the transcriptional regulator AcaB. Nature Microbiology, 5 (11), 1340-1348. doi: 10.1038/s41564-020-0775-0
Stocks, Claudia J., Pein, Jessica B., Curson, James E.B., Rae, James, Phan, Minh‐Duy, Foo, Darren, Bokil, Nilesh J., Kambe, Taiho, Peters, Kate M., Parton, Robert G., Schembri, Mark A., Kapetanovic, Ronan and Sweet, Matthew J. (2020). Frontline Science: LPS‐inducible SLC30A1 drives human macrophage‐mediated zinc toxicity against intracellular Escherichia coli. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 109 (2) JLB.2HI0420-160R, 287-297. doi: 10.1002/jlb.2hi0420-160r
Phan, Minh-Duy, Bottomley, Amy L., Peters, Kate M., Harry, Elizabeth J. and Schembri, Mark A. (2020). Uncovering novel susceptibility targets to enhance the efficacy of third-generation cephalosporins against ESBL-producing uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 75 (6), 1415-1423. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkaa023
Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Phan, Minh-Duy, Forde, Brian M., Murthy, Ambika M. V., Peters, Kate M., Day, Christopher J., Poole, Jessica, Kidd, Timothy J., Welch, Rodney A., Jennings, Michael P., Ulett, Glen C., Sweet, Matthew J., Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2019). Complex multilevel control of hemolysin production by uropathogenic Escherichia coli. mBio, 10 (5) e02248-19. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02248-19
Forde, Brian M., Roberts, Leah W., Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Fleming, Brittany A., Russell, Colin W., Lenherr, Sara M., Myers, Jeremy B., Barker, Adam P., Fisher, Mark A., Chong, Teik-Min, Yin, Wai-Fong, Chan, Kok-Gan, Schembri, Mark A., Mulvey, Matthew A. and Beatson, Scott A. (2019). Population dynamics of an Escherichia coli ST131 lineage during recurrent urinary tract infection. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 3643, 3643. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11571-5
Paxman, Jason J., Lo, Alvin W., Sullivan, Matthew J., Panjikar, Santosh, Kuiper, Michael, Whitten, Andrew E., Wang, Geqing, Luan, Chi-Hao, Moriel, Danilo G., Tan, Lendl, Peters, Kate M., Phan, Minh-Duy, Gee, Christine L., Ulett, Glen C., Schembri, Mark A. and Heras, Begoña (2019). Unique structural features of a bacterial autotransporter adhesin suggest mechanisms for interaction with host macromolecules. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 1967, 1967. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09814-6
Stocks, Claudia J., Phan, Minh-Duy, Achard, Maud E. S., Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Condon, Nicholas D., Gawthorne, Jayde A., Lo, Alvin W., Peters, Kate M., McEwan, Alastair G., Kapetanovic, Ronan, Schembri, Mark A. and Sweet, Matthew J. (2019). Uropathogenic Escherichia coli employs both evasion and resistance to subvert innate immune-mediated zinc toxicity for dissemination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116 (13), 6341-6350. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1820870116
Murthy, Ambika M. V., Sullivan, Matthew J., Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Lo, Alvin W., Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Boucher, Dave, Schroder, Kate, Beatson, Scott A., Ulett, Glen C., Schembri, Mark A. and Sweet, Matthew J. (2019). Variation in hemolysin A expression between uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates determines NLRP3-dependent vs. -independent macrophage cell death and host colonization. FASEB Journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 33 (6), fj201802100R-7450. doi: 10.1096/fj.201802100R
Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Lo, Alvin W., Forde, Brian M., Min Chong, Teik, Yin, Wai-Fong, Chan, Kok-Gan, Chromek, Milan, Brauner, Annelie, Chapman, Matthew R., Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2018). Discovery of new genes involved in curli production by a uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain from the highly virulent O45:K1:H7 lineage. mBio, 9 (4) e01462-18. doi: 10.1128/mbio.01462-18
Chen, Zhuoran, Phan, Minh-Duy, Bates, Lucy J., Peters, Kate M., Mukerjee, Chinmoy, Moore, Kate H. and Schembri, Mark A. (2018). The urinary microbiome in patients with refractory urge incontinence and recurrent urinary tract infection. International Urogynecology Journal, 29 (12), 1-8. doi: 10.1007/s00192-018-3679-2
Murthy, Ambika M. V., Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Welch, Rodney A., Ulett, Glen C., Schembri, Mark A. and Sweet, Matthew J. (2018). Regulation of hemolysin in uropathogenic Escherichia coli fine-tunes killing of human macrophages. Virulence, 9 (1), 1-32. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2018.1465786
Djoko, Karrera Y., Achard, Maud E. S., Phan, Minh-Duy, Lo, Alvin W., Miraula, Manfredi, Prombhul, Sasiprapa, Hancock, Steven J., Peters, Kate M., Sidjabat, Hanna E., Harris, Patrick N., Mitić, Nataša, Walsh, Timothy R., Anderson, Gregory J., Shafer, William M., Paterson, David L., Schenk, Gerhard, McEwan, Alastair G. and Schembri, Mark A. (2018). Copper ions and coordination complexes as novel carbapenem adjuvants. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 62 (2) e02280-17. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02280-17
Djoko, Karrera Y., Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Walker, Mark J. , Schembri, Mark A. and McEwan, Alastair G. (2017). Interplay between tolerance mechanisms to copper and acid stress in Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (26), 6818-6823. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1620232114
Hancock, Steven J., Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Forde, Brian M., Chong, Teik Min, Yin, Wai-Fong, Chan, Kok-Gan, Paterson, David L., Walsh, Timothy R., Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2017). Identification of IncA/C plasmid replication and maintenance genes and development of a plasmid multi-locus sequence-typing scheme. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 61 (2) e01740. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01740-16
Moriel, Danilo G., Tan, Lendl, Goh, Kelvin G. K., Phan, Minh-Duy, Ipe, Deepak S., Lo, Alvin W., Peters, Kate M., Ulett, Glen C., Beatson, Scott. A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2016). A novel protective vaccine antigen from the core Escherichia coli genome. mSphere, 1 (6) e00326-16. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00326-16
Shepherd, Mark, Achard, Maud E. S., Idris, Adi, Totsika, Makrina, Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Sarkar, Sohinee, Ribeiro, Cláudia A., Holyoake, Louise V., Ladakis, Dimitrios, Ulett, Glen C., Sweet, Matthew J., Poole, Robert K., McEwan, Alastair G. and Schembri, Mark A. (2016). The cytochrome bd-I respiratory oxidase augments survival of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli during infection. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 35285, 35285. doi: 10.1038/srep35285
Sarkar, Sohinee, Roberts, Leah W., Phan, Minh-Duy, Tan, Lendl, Lo, Alvin W., Peters, Kate M., Paterson, David L., Upton, Mathew, Ulett, Glen C., Beatson, Scott A., Totsika, Makrina and Schembri, Mark A. (2016). Comprehensive analysis of type 1 fimbriae regulation in fimB-null strains from the multidrug resistant Escherichia coli ST131 clone. Molecular Microbiology, 101 (6), 1069-1087. doi: 10.1111/mmi.13442
Stubenrauch, Christopher, Belousoff, Matthew J., Hay, Iain D., Shen, Hsin-Hui, Lillington, James, Tuck, Kellie L., Peters, Kate M., Phan, Minh-Duy, Lo, Alvin, W., Schembri, Mark A., Strugnell, Richard A., Waksman, Gabriel and Lithgow, Trevor (2016). Effective assembly of fimbriae in Escherichia coli depends on the translocation assembly module nanomachine. Nature Microbiology, 1 (7) 16064, 16064. doi: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.64
Kapetanovic, Ronan, Bokil, Nilesh J., Achard, Maud E. S., Ong, Cheryl-lynn Y, Peters, Kate M., Stocks, Claudia J., Phan, Minh-Duy, Monteleone, Mercedes, Schroder, Kate, Irvine, Katharine M., Saunders, Bernadette M., Walker, Mark J., Stacey, Katryn J., McEwan, Alastair G., Schembri, Mark A. and Sweet, Matthew J. (2016). Salmonella employs multiple mechanisms to subvert the TLR-inducible zinc-mediated antimicrobial response of human macrophages. The FASEB Journal, 30 (5), 1901-1912. doi: 10.1096/fj.201500061
Schaale, K., Peters, K. M., Murthy, A. M., Fritzsche, A. K., Phan, M.-D., Totsika, M., Robertson, A. A. B., Nichols, K. B., Cooper, M. A., Stacey, K. J., Ulett, G. C., Schroder, K., Schembri, M. A. and Sweet, M. J. (2016). Strain- and host species-specific inflammasome activation, IL-1β release, and cell death in macrophages infected with uropathogenic Escherichia coli.. Mucosal Immunology, 9 (1), 124-136. doi: 10.1038/mi.2015.44
Forde, Brian M., Phan, Minh-Duy, Gawthorne, Jayde A., Ashcroft, Melinda M., Stanton-Cook, Mitchell, Sarkar, Sohinee, Peters, Kate M., Chan, Kok-Gan, Chong, Teik Min, Yin, Wai-Fong, Upton, Mathew, Schembri, Mark A. and Beatson, Scott A. (2015). Lineage-specific methyltransferases define the methylome of the globally disseminated Escherichia coli ST131 clone. MBio, 6 (6) e01602-15, e01602-15. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01602-15
Beatson, Scott A., Ben Zakour, Nouri L., Totsika, Makrina, Forde, Brian M., Watts, Rebecca E., Mabbett, Amanda N., Szubert, Jan M., Sarkar, Sohinee, Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Petty, Nicola K., Alikhan, Nabil-Fareed, Sullivan, Mitchell J., Gawthorne, Jayde A., Stanton-Cook, Mitchell, Nguyen Thi Khanh Nhu, Chong, Teik Min, Yin, Wai-Fong, Chan, Kok-Gan, Hancock, Viktoria, Ussery, David W., Ulett, Glen C. and Schembri, Mark A. (2015). Molecular analysis of asymptomatic bacteriuria Escherichia coli strain VR50 reveals adaptation to the urinary tract by gene acquisition. Infection and Immunity, 83 (5), 1749-1764. doi: 10.1128/IAI.02810-14
Phan, Minh Duy, Forde, Brian M., Peters, Kate M., Sarkar, Sohinee, Hancock, Steven, Stanton-Cook, Mitchell, Zakour, Nouri L. Ben, Upton, Mathew, Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2015). Molecular Characterization of a Multidrug Resistance IncF Plasmid from the Globally Disseminated Escherichia coli ST131 Clone.. PLoS One, 10 (4) e0122369, e0122369-e0122369. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122369
Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Sarkar, Sohinee, Forde, Brian M., Lo, Alvin W., Stanton-Cook, Mitchell, Roberts, Leah W., Upton, Mathew, Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2015). Third-generation cephalosporin resistance conferred by a chromosomally encoded blaCMY-23 gene in the Escherichia coli ST131 reference strain EC958. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70 (7) dkv066, 1969-1972. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkv066
Stirzaker, Clare, Zotenko, Elena, Song, Jenny Z., Qu, Wenja, Nair, Shalima, Locke, Warwick J., Stone, Andrew Stone, Armstrong, Nicola J., Robinson, Mark D., Dobrovic, Alexander, Avery-Kiejda, Kelly A., Peters, Kate M., French, Juliet D., Stein, Sandra, Korbie, Darren J., Trau, Matt, Forbes, John F., Scott, Rodney J., Brown, Melissa A., Francis, Glenn D. and Clark, Susan J. (2015). Methylome sequencing in triple negative breast cancer reveals distinct methylation clusters with prognostic value. Nature Communications, 6 (5899) 5899, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/ncomms6899
Forde, Brian M., Ben Zakour, Nouri L., Stanton-Cook, Mitchell, Phan, Minh-Duy, Totsika, Makrina, Peters, Kate M., Chan, Kok Gan, Schembri, Mark A., Upton, Mathew and Beatson, Scott A. (2014). The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli EC958: a high quality reference sequence for the globally disseminated multidrug resistant E. coli O25b:H4-ST131 clone. PLoS One, 9 (8) e104400, e104400.1-e104400.13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104400
Petty, Nicola K., Ben Zakour, Nouri L., Stanton-Cook, Mitchell, Skippington, Elizabeth, Totsika, Makrina, Forde, Brian M., Phan, Minh-Duy, Gomes Moriel, Danilo, Peters, Kate M., Davies, Mark, Rogers, Benjamin A., Dougan, Gordon, Rodriguez-Baño, Jesús, Pascual, Alvaro, Pitout, Johann D., Upton, Mathew, Paterson, David L., Walsh, Timothy R., Schembri, Mark A. and Beatson, Scott A. (2014). Global dissemination of a multidrug resistant Escherichia coli clone. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111 (15), 5694-5699. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1322678111
Wurpel, Daniël J., Totsika, Makrina, Allsopp, Luke P., Hartley-Tassell, Lauren E., Day, Christopher J., Peters, Kate M., Sarkar, Sohinee, Ulett, Glen C., Yang, Ji, Tiralongo, Joe, Strugnell, Richard A., Jennings, Michael P. and Schembri, Mark A. (2014). F9 fimbriae of uropathogenic Escherichia coli are expressed at low temperature and recognise Galβ1-3GlcNAc-containing glycans. PLoS One, 9 (3) e93177, e93177. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093177
Heras, Begona, Totsika, Makrina, Peters, Kate M., Paxman, Jason J., Gee, Christine L., Jarrott, Russell J., Perugini, Matthew A., Whitten, Andrew E. and Schembri, Mark A. (2014). The antigen 43 structure reveals a molecular Velcrolike mechanism of autotransporter-mediated bacterial clumping. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 (1), 457-462. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1311592111
Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Sarkar, Sohinee, Lukowski, Samuel W., Allsopp, Luke P., Moriel, Danilo Gomes, Achard, Maud E. S., Totsika, Makrina, Marshall, Vikki M., Upton, Mathew, Beatson, Scott A. and Schembri, Mark A. (2013). The serum resistome of a globally disseminated multidrug resistant uropathogenic Escherichia coli clone. PloS Genetics, 9 (10) e1003834, e1003834.1-e1003834.18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003834
Peters, Kate M., Edwards, Stacey L., Nair, Shalima S., French, Juliet D., Bailey, Peter J., Salkield, Kathryn, Stein, Sandra, Wagner, Sarah, Francis, Glenn D., Clark, Susan J. and Brown, Melissa A. (2012). Androgen receptor expression predicts breast cancer survival: The role of genetic and epigenetic events. BMC Cancer, 12 (132) 132, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-132
Wee, E.J.H., Peters, K., Nair, S.S., Hulf, T., Stein, S., Wagner, S., Bailey, P., Lee, S.Y., Qu, W.J., Brewster, B., French, J.D., Dobrovic, A., Francis, G.D., Clark, S.J. and Brown, M.A. (2012). Mapping the regulatory sequences controlling 93 breast cancer-associated miRNA genes leads to the identification of two functional promoters of the Hsa-mir-200b cluster, methylation of which is associated with metastasis or hormone receptor status in adva. Oncogene, 31 (38), 4182-4195. doi: 10.1038/onc.2011.584
Smart, C.E., Wronski, A., French, J.D., Edwards, S.L., Asselin-Labat, M.L., Waddell, N., Peters, K., Brewster, B.L., Brooks, K., Simpson, K., Manning, N., Lakhani, S.R., Grimmond, S., Lindeman, G.J., Visvader, J.E. and Brown, M.A. (2011). Analysis of brca1-deficient mouse mammary glands reveals reciprocal regulation of Brca1 and c-kit. Oncogene, 30 (13), 1597-1607. doi: 10.1038/onc.2010.538
Conference Papers
Brown, M. A., French, J. D., Edwards, S. L., Peters, K. M., Wronski, A., Smart, C. E., Brewster, B. L., Wee, J. E., Waddell, N. and Francis, G. D. (2010). Identification of novel biomarkers for breast cancer, including brca1-associated breast cancer. IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference 2010, Brussels, Belgium, MAY 06-08, 2010. Oxford, England, U.K.: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdq145
French, J. D., Edwards, S. L., Saunus, J. M., Tan-Wong, S. M., Brewster, B., Hardie, K. M., Leedman, P. J., Proudfoot, N. J. and Brown, M. A. (2008). Identification of functional regulatory elements in the non-coding regions of the BRCA1 gene. kConFab Familial Breast Cancer conference 2008, Couran Cove, Queensland, 2008.